Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Accession number |
2003-59 |
Collection |
Perham Collection of Early Electronics |
Catalog Number |
2003-59-503 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1917/ / |
Year Range from |
1917 |
Year Range to |
1917 |
Title |
Federal Telegraph's Engineering Staff, Palo Alto, California |
Description |
Federal Telegraph's Engineering staff, Palo Alto, California, circa 1917. (L to R: Leonard F. Fuller, Chief Engineer; Harold F. Elliott, Chief Draftsman; Corwin C. Chapman, Laboratory Engineer; Kurt Bley, Shop Foreman; Ralph R. Beal, Assistant Chief Engineer; and Adrian L. Anderson, Factory Engineer). The original Poulsen 100 kw arc, brought from Denmark by Cyril Elwell, is on the table at left. On the right is the first model made by Federal. The first of six 500 kw arcs, built for the U.S. Navy, stands behind the group. It was eventually installed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. This photograph was featured on page 59 of Jane Morgan's book "Electronics in the West" with this caption: Federal Telegraph engineers in front of powerful 500 kw arc. Many were used by the U.S. Navy for world-wide communication. On the table at left is original Poulsen arc from Denmark; at right is first model made by Federal. (L to R) Leonard F. Fuller, chief engineer; Harold F. Elliott, Corwin C. Chapman, Kurt Bley, Ralph R. Beal, Adrian L. Anderson. About 1917." |
Photographer |
Unknown |
Place |
Palo Alto (Calif.) |
Subjects |
Radio -- Transmitters and transmission (LCSH) Federal Telegraph Company Poulsen Arc Transmitter Telegraph, Wireless (LCSH) Radio -- History (LCSH) |
People |
Bley, Kurt Fuller, Leonard Franklin Elliott, Harold F. Chapman, Corwin C. Beal, Ralph R. Anderson, Adrian L. |
Medium |
Black & White |
Print size |
4" x 6" |
Orig/copy |
Copy |
Donor |
Transfer from the Perham Foundation |
Number of images |
1 |
Old ID number |
503 |